Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
Nope, money is not the answer. The treatment of the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ (many of them paper cuts!) is the answer.
Of course, perception is reality. I've seen a lack of money destroy good attitudes and the presence of it restore bad attitudes.
When pilot attrition became an issue, the USAF promised to address some of the lifestyle negatives, e.g., long deployments, ancillary non-flying duties, etc. Whether they did or not I don't know.
But empirically, the money at the airlines appears to be a major draw to more pilots than the US military would like. There's that money thing again.
